On the fourth of July, North Korea tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile, which reached the United State’s land. In response, on July 21st, authorities in Hawaii announced that they would revive a network of Cold War-era sirens, to alert the public in the event of a nuclear strike. Trump said that he hopes to boost spending on missile defense by “many billions of dollars.” On September 3rd after North Korea tested nuclear weapon which was seven times bigger than the ones dropped during the WW ll, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, warned that it would lead to the “massive military response”. As a punishment on August 5th U.N. Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea blocking the sale of coal, iron, and other commodities, which represent a third of North Korea’s exports. President Donald Trump said that any more treats to the United States will be met by “fire and fury like the world has never …show more content…
It prohibits any organised political opposition, independent media, free trade unions, and independent civil society organisations. Arbitrary arrest, torture in custody, forced labor, and public executions maintain an environment of fear and control. The many efforts of North Korea to cut off communication with the outside world has resulted in further violation of human rights and no sanctions have had the desirable effect on helping the people of DPRK. While US, thanking Russia and China for their support on increasing sanctions on North Korea, president Putin thinks sanctions is not solution. According to the Putin, diplomatic solution is the only way to avoid global catastrophe. Besides North Korea, country such as Iran also has a nuclear weapon program. Several resolutions by the UN imposed sanctions on iranian individuals and organisations which were involved in nuclear missile program. By the result of many efforts, in 2013 P5 agreed with Iran to reduce economic sanctions, in exchange for six-month freeze and partial rollback of portions of Iran's nuclear program. This was a short time, but the first official Iran-US agreement in 34